Telephone-desk and book-support.



G. J. MILLER.

TELEPHONE DESK AND BOOK SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1912.

0 1,046,100, Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

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support a book or GRANVILLE J.

MILLER, 015 FORT DEFIANCE, VIRGINIA.

TELEPHONE-DESK AND BOOK-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

Application filed May 15, 1912. Serial No. 697,578.

To all whom ii may concern:

Be it known that I, GRANVILLE J. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Defiance, in the county of Augusta and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTelephone- Desks and Book-Supports, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved telephone desk and book holder,the object of the invention being to provide a device of this characteradapted to be secured to side of the telephone to the like and isparticularly valuable for use in stores, when taking orders over thetelephone.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will securely hold the book in place, whereby a person can holdthe receiver in one hand and at the same time can be writing in the bookwith the other hand.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will ossess advantages in points of efficiency and durability, isinexpensive to manufacture and at the same time is simple inconstruction and operation.

Nith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim, andshown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved telephone desk and bookholder.

the wall upon one Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates thesubstantially rectangular inclined body of the support which is formedof sheet metal or other suitable material and is provided at itsintermediate portion with a substantially semicircular longitudinalgroove 2. The upper edges of the groove are curved as shown at 3, sothat when a book is placed upon the body 1 and the back of the bookarranged in the groove, the upper curved edges 3 will resiliently engagethe back of the book to hold the same securely in place and prevent anymovement thereof. Pivotally secured to the upper corners of the body 1are the resilient clips 4 which engage over the leaves of the boo-k,when the same is open, so as to hold them securely in place when writingthereon.-

The body plate 1 is secured to the wall and supported in an inclinedposition as shown in Fig. 2 by means of the angular brackets 5 arrangedat each end thereof. The lower edge of the body plate 1 is secured tothe inwardly turned ends ,6 of the horizontal portions of the bracketsby means of the rivets 7, and the upper edge of the body plate issecured to the inwardly turned ends 8 of the vertical portions of thebrackets by means of the rivets 7. The brackets 5 are secured to thewall by means of the screws 9 which pass through the openings 10 in thevertical port-ions of the brackets 5. It will be understood that thehorizontal portions of the brackets 5 may be made any desired lengthaccording to the inclination desired by the body plate 1.

While I have shown and described the above device adapted for use as atelephone desk or book holder, it will be understood that the same maybe used for any desired purpose, and it will be readily apparent that Ihave provided a simple, inexpensive an durable device of the abovecharacter which can be manufactured at an extremely low cost.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention itwill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying myinvention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features ordeparting from the scope thereof.

What I claim is In a device of the character described, the combinationof a metallic body plate having a substantially semicircularlongitudinal groove formed in its intermediate portion,

the upper edges of said groove being bent inwardly to resiliently engagethe back of a book, angular brackets arranged at each end of the bodyplate, said brackets having their ends bent inwardly and secured to theupper In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my gnature 1n the presenceof two wltnesses. 10

GRANVILLE J. MILLER.

and lower edges of the body plate and means Witnesses:

for securing the brackets to a wall or other J. C. BELL,

stationary support. P. W. BELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,- Washington, D. C.

